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Author Archives: Suuze

dd for backing up those old CD-ROMs

Tux

A quick hack to digitise and virtualise data on old CDs and DVDs.

Posted bySuuzeJanuary 16, 2023January 7, 2023Posted inTech TipsTags:cd-rom, cdrom, dd, dvd, Linux, Linux desktop, techtipsLeave a comment on dd for backing up those old CD-ROMs

Happy New Year!

Wishing each of you peace, hope and success in 2023.

Posted bySuuzeJanuary 7, 2023January 7, 2023Posted inExperiencesTags:Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, pottery, Season's Greetings

Guest Interview – September 2022

Image of woman writing on a whiteboard

Today I am interviewing my daughter, who will be sitting for her final senior high school exams shortly.

Posted bySuuzeSeptember 19, 2022September 20, 2022Posted inInterviewsTags:female engineer, girls in STEM, interview, STEM

Generate QR Codes on Linux – quickly and easily

Test QR Code generated by qrencode on Linux

Generate Quick Response (QR) codes using qrencode on Linux – all from the command line!

Posted bySuuzeSeptember 13, 2022September 9, 2022Posted inTech TipsTags:"open source", Linux, QR Code, qrencode, techtipsLeave a comment on Generate QR Codes on Linux – quickly and easily

Studying while juggling work and family commitments

Kids making noise and disturbing mom working

is it even possible?

Posted bySuuzeSeptember 6, 2022September 5, 2022Posted inExperiencesTags:gender gap, girls in tech, study, studying, upskilling6 Comments on Studying while juggling work and family commitments

LVM: a quick overview

Server Panel

Read on for an overview of the basic components of Linux’s LVM.

Posted bySuuzeAugust 9, 2022August 18, 2022Posted inTech TipsTags:Linux, logical volume manager, LVM, open source, storage, sysadmin, techtips3 Comments on LVM: a quick overview

From Opensource.com: 6 deprecated Linux commands and the tools you should be using instead

reblogged

Read on to find out more.

Posted bySuuzeAugust 2, 2022August 18, 2022Posted inTech TipsTags:cli, command line, Linux, open source, sysadmin2 Comments on From Opensource.com: 6 deprecated Linux commands and the tools you should be using instead

Duplicity: a backup and restore tool

Tux

Here are a few tips on Duplicity, an open source backup tool.

Posted bySuuzeJuly 26, 2022July 23, 2022Posted inTech TipsTags:backup, Linux, open source, restore, sysadmin, techtips5 Comments on Duplicity: a backup and restore tool

Re-blogged: The Case For Sharing Data

reblogged

From Times.com: Big Tech Is Hoarding the Data that Humanity Needs to Thrive In September 1983, a Korean commercial airliner with 269 souls on board strayed off course and into Soviet airspace. It was intercepted by a Soviet … Big Tech Is Hoarding the Data that Humanity Needs to Thrive

Posted bySuuzeJuly 21, 2022August 8, 2022Posted inAITags:AI, big data, dataLeave a comment on Re-blogged: The Case For Sharing Data

libdvdcss: for playing those old DVDs

Tux

On the off-chance that you need to break out an old DRM-managed DVD, don’t forget that you need libdvdcss to play it on a Linux desktop.

Posted bySuuzeJuly 18, 2022July 22, 2022Posted inTech TipsTags:"open source", dvd, libdvdcss, Linux, Linux desktop, techtips4 Comments on libdvdcss: for playing those old DVDs

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